Understanding and Treating Emotion Dysregulation
Where
This is an online event that will take place via Zoom. Instructions for accessing the Zoom will be sent to the email address used for registration.Contact
Christina Steudte, LMHCAssociation for Mental Health and Wellness
631-471-7242 ext 1330
csteudte@mhaw.org
Who Should Attend
Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, Creative Arts Therapists, Marriage and Family Therapists, and any professional that is working in the mental health field.
Learning Objectives
- Participants will gain an understanding of biosocial theory
- Participants will explore behavioral patterns of people who experience emotional dysregulation, from a dialectical perspective
- Participants will learn at least one intervention from each of the DBT skills modules
- Participants will identify ways to implement DBT informed skills/strategies into current clinical practice
This workshop will explore factors that can contribute to why some people experience emotions more frequently and intensely than others. Using a DBT framework, the role between biological predispositions and environmental factors will be examined, as well as behavioral patterns that can contribute to difficulties with emotion regulation. DBT informed interventions will be explored through didactic and experiential means.
APPROVED FOR 3 CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS
LIVE ONLINE WEBINAR
(LMSW/LCSW/LMHC/LCAT/LMFT)
Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers. (Provider #0156)
Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. (Provider #MHC-0014)
Certificate of completion will be provided after the return of completed evaluation (via email).
Registration fee: $75.00
About the Presenter
Linda McLehose, LCSW-R earned her Master’s Degree in Social Work from SUNY Stony Brook, and is a DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™.
With over 20 years of experience in the mental health field, Linda specializes in the treatment of trauma, anxiety, mood disorders, and substance abuse. Linda is Intensively Trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy from Behavioral Tech, Inc, and has been a member of a DBT consultation team since 2015. In 2016 she was involved in developing the DBT program at Long Island Behavioral Medicine which serves adults and adolescents. A recognized provider by the World Trade Center Health Program, Linda also specializes in treating first responders.
Linda has served as the Director of Clinical Services at The Association of Mental Health and Wellness, providing program development, oversight, and clinical supervision to therapists and program directors within the agency’s PROS mental health clinics.